I honored and this is what worked for me (doesn't mean it will work for you, though):
For written:
Went to class and tried my very best to pay attention 🙂
Learned (by flashcard) every muscle's origin, insertion, innervation, and function because my school tested this a lot
Did Gray's anatomy review questions - these are really great for nailing down above
When I studied, I would always have Netter's open next to me. I was constantly looking at it to give myself an idea of where things were, etc. Keep in mind, though, that the real body looks nothing like the drawings. Still, I found this really helpful, and it made me more prepared for time in the lab.
For lab practical:
SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE LAB WITH THE CADAVERS. I can't stress this enough. For my first exam, I didn't realize how important this was, and my practical grade reflected that.
I would go in and do the dissection (honestly kind of half-assed most of them because I didn't like dissecting)
But I would try and go in almost every day, even just for an hour, and practice finding stuff on our structure list. I found that going in with a friend or two was best, because you can agree/disagree on what's what (trust me - in head and neck, it's reeeeeally difficult to tell stuff apart)
By the day before the test, I was able to go to any body in the lab and find any structure on our list.
This strategy worked super well for me. I got 100% on nearly every practical doing this
